Our person-centered clinical orientation is guided by humanistic and contemporary approaches to psychoanalytic theory that include ego psychology, object relations, self psychology, and intersubjectivity psychology, and that are grounded in current empirical research, especially attachment and trauma theories.
Master of Arts
Art Therapy
Our program integrates psychotherapy and visual arts practice that engages the creative power of art for clinical assessment and treatment.
Doctor of Philosophy
Rehabilitation Sciences
Prepare for a fulfilling academic career in research and teaching in the rehabilitation sciences through interdisciplinary study across health fields.
The Art Therapy Program at NYU is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of The Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education.
Community Engagement
Students, Faculty, and Alumni from the Art Therapy program are active members of their global and local communities. The program currently has 56 students in the metro area for their clinical placements, expanding the range of services offered during this mental health crisis.
Read on to learn more about the program's community engagement and the free services it offers to our community.
210 new artworks are created weekly in art therapy sessions offered to public school students by the NYU Art Therapy in Schools Program
10 people with Multiple Sclerosis meet weekly with NYU Art therapists for art therapy support groups
18 supply kits were purchased for the 18 artists working weekly in our Parkinson's Disease art therapy groups online and in person
425 families participated in the art therapy based parenting support groups post pandemic this year alone
Over 1200 masks have been upcycled and contributed to the Parachute Project to focus on post-traumatic growth in response to the pandemic
8 Ukrainian Navy psychologists currently serving wounded soldiers in Odessa receive weekly mentoring by art therapy faculty
News
Art Therapy Program Students and Faculty Display the Parachute Project in the Barney Building
The Parachute Project, initiated by the art therapy program, is a contribution to the global effort called for by UNICEF to understand the impact of the pandemic on children and adolescents.
New Steinhardt/Langone Research Published on Art Therapy and Parkinson's Disease
This groundbreaking, innovative study is the first paper exploring the effects of art therapy on Parkinson's Disease in a medical peer-reviewed journal utilizing clinical, behavioral, eye tracking, and brain connectivity outcomes.
Two Steinhardt Faculty Members Win Major Award in Art Therapy Research
Department of Art and Art Professions professors Ikuko Acosta and Marygrace Berberian received the American Art Therapy Association’s Rawley Silver Research Award for research assessing the rehabilitative potential of art therapy for Parkinson’s disease patients.
DEPARTMENT OF
Art and Art Professions
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